Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Mechanical Engineering Department faculty.
Submissions from 2020
Numerical Analysis of Pb‐Free Perovskite Absorber Materials: Prospects and Challenges, Curtis Walkons, Rubaiya Murshed, and Shubhra Bansal
Numerical Investigation of the Internally Heated Melt Pool Natural Convection Behavior With the Consideration of Different High Internal Rayleigh Numbers, Hongyang Wei and Yi-Tung Chen
Experimental Study on the Heat Transfer Performance of a Gallium Heat Sink, Zirui Xu, Xinyi Li, Qiuwang Wang, Yitung Chen, and Ting Ma
Dynamic Aqueous Multiphase Reaction System for One-Pot CRISPR-Cas12a-Based Ultrasensitive and Quantitative Molecular Diagnosis, Kun Yin, Xiong Ding, Ziyun Li, Hui Zhao, Kumarasen Cooper, and Changchun Liu
A Novel Route to Visualize the Hot Electron Transfer Process in AG@sio2-tio2 for Solar-Hydrogen Conversion, Zexin Yu, Lixia Sang, and Yi-Tung Chen
Removal of Antibiotics in Aqueous Phase Using Silica-Based Immobilized Nanomaterials: A Review, Ahdee B. Zeidman, Oscar M. Rodriguez-Narvaez, Jaeyun Moon, and Erick R. Bandala
Submissions from 2019
Time Encoded Imaging of Neutrons and Photons Using CLYC Detector Equipped with a Dual Mode Collimator, Alexander Barzilov and Amber Guckes
Dual Mode Radiation Sensor for UAS Platforms, Alexander Barzilov and Monia Kazemeini
Gamma Ray Measurements Using Unmanned Aerial Systems, Alexander Barzilov, Monia Kazemeini, John Vargas, and Woosoon Yim
Gamma Ray and Neutron Sensors for Remote Monitoring Using Aerial Robotic Platforms, Alexander Barzilov, Monia Kazemeini, Woosoon Yim, and Joon Lee
One-Way Coupled Three-Dimensional Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Zigzag-Channel Supercritical CO2 Printed Circuit Heat Exchangers, Katrine Bennett and Yi-tung Chen
Thermal-Hydraulic Correlations for Zigzag-Channel Pches Covering a Broad Range of Design Parameters for Estimating Performance Prior to Modeling, Katrine Bennett and Yi-tung Chen
Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger Performance Analysis Using Non-Uniform Segmental Design Method, Katrine Bennett and Yitung Chen
3D-Printing and Machine Learning Control of Soft Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators, James D. Carrico, Tucker Hermans, Kwang J. Kim, and Kam K. Leang
Scaling Law for Cracking in Shrinkable Granular Packings, Han-Jae Cho and Sujit S. Datta
Bubble Nucleation, Growth, and Departure: A New, Dynamic Understanding, H. Jeremy Cho and Evelyn N. Wang
Thermo-Hydraulic Performance of Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger With Different Cambered Airfoil Fins, Wen-Xiao Chu, Katrine Bennett, Jie Cheng, Yi-Tung Chen, and Qiu-Wang Wang
Low-Altitude Contour Mapping of Radiation Fields using UAS Swarm, Zachary Cook, Monia Kazemeini, Alexander Barzilov, and Woosoon Yim
Transient Flux Neutron Activation Detector, William G. Culbreth
Capture of Decay Heat to Produce Thrust in a Nuclear Propulsion Rocket, William G. Culbreth and Kimberly Gonzalez
Modelling and Experimental Study for PVC Gel Actuators, Zachary Frank, Zakai Olsen, Taeseon Hwang, and Kwang J. Kim
Directional Detection of Neutrons and Photons Using Elpasolites: Computational Study, A. Guckes, Alex Barzilov, and P. Guss
Considerations for Hose Wielding UAV for Civil Infrastructure Cleaning, Blake Hament and Paul Oh
Design and Preliminary Testing of Demand-Responsive Transverse Rumble Strips, Md Shakhawat Hossen, Christopher Kappes, Mohamed Trabia, Brendan Morris, JeeWoong Park, and Alexander Paz
High-Performance Polyvinyl Chloride Gel Artificial Muscle Actuator with Graphene Oxide and Plasticizer, Taeseon Hwang, Zachary Frank, Justin Neubauer, and Kwang Jin Kim
Integration of CZT and CLYC Radiation Detectors into Robotic Platforms using ROS, Monia Kazemeini, Alexander Barzilov, Joon Lee, and Woosoon Yim
Study of Radiation Effects in Electronics of a Hexapod Robotic Platform, Monia Kazemeini, Jean Chagas Vaz, and Alexander Barzilov
Synchronous Polymerization of 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene and Pyrrole by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) for Conductive Thin Film with Tunable Energy Bandgap, Sanghoon Kim, Joon Suk Oh, Taeseon Hwang, Hee Won Seo, Dong-Cheol Jeong, Jun-Ho Lee, Long Wen, Changsik Song, Jeon Geon Han, and Jae-Do Nam
Non-Einstein Viscosity Phenomenon of Acrylonitrile–Butadiene–Styrene Composites Containing Lignin–Polycaprolactone Particulates Highly Dispersed by High-Shear Stress, Sing-Hoon Kim, Kisuk Choi, Kyouk Ryeol Choi, Taesung Kim, Jonghwan Suhr, Kwang Jin Kim, Hyoung Jin Choi, and Jae-Do Nam
Fabrication of Biased-Magnetorheological Elastomers (B-MRE) based on Magnetized Ferromagnetic Particles, Choonghan Lee and Woosoon Yim
Ionic Polymer Metal Composites for Use as an Organic Electrolyte Supercapacitor, Pyoung-Chan Lee, Jung Eun Hyun, Sun Kyoung Jeoung, Jae-Do Nam, Taeseon Hwang, Kwang Jin Kim, and Krishna Chaitanya Solasa
Experimental Study of Transient Friction Characteristics and Velocity Distribution of Pulsatile Flow in Rod Bundles, Xing Li, Peiyao Qi, Sichao Tan, Dongyang Li, Yi-Tung Chen, and Xiaoyu Wang
Numerical Study on Nonuniform Segmented Enhancement Method for Thermoelectric Power Generator, Xing Lu, Xingfei Yu, Qiuwang Wang, Yitung Chen, and Ting Ma
Numerical Study and Optimization of Thermoelectric-Hydraulic Performance of a Novel Thermoelectric Generator Integrated Recuperator, Ting Ma, Zuoming Qu, Xingfei Yu, Xing Lu, Yi-Tung Chen, and Qiuwang Wang
Why Do Students Leave? An Investigation Into Why Well-Supported Students Leave a First-Year Engineering Program, Melissa L. Morris, Robin A.M. Hensel, and Joseph Dygert
Examining the Effects of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Activities in First-Year Engineering Classes, Melissa L. Morris, Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Aramati Casper, Robin A. M. Hensel, Jeremy C. Schwartz, and Rebecca A. Atadero
Assessment of p-Nitroso Dimethylaniline (pNDA) Suitability as a Hydroxyl Radical Probe: Investigating Bleaching Mechanism Using Immobilized Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles, Soroosh Mortazavian Dehkordi, Erick R. Bandala, Jee-hwan Bae, and Jaeyun Moon
Separation of Oil-Coolant Mixture from Water Using a Two-Step Process of Skimming and Coagulation, Soroosh Mortazavian, Hyeunhwan An, and Jaeyun Moon
Heat-Treated Biochar Impregnated with Zero-Valent IRON Nanoparticles for Organic Contaminants Removal from Aqueous Phase: Material Characterizations and Kinetic Studies, Soroosh Mortazavian, Tammy L. Jones-Lepp, Jee-Hwan Bae, Dongwon Chun, Erick R. Bandala, and Jaeyun Moon
Localized Radial Basis Functions and Differential Quadrature-Meshless Method for Simulating Compressible Flows, Ebrahim Nabizadeh and Darrell W. Pepper
Design and Modeling of a New Biomimetic Soft Robotic Jellyfish Using IPMC-Based Electroactive Polymers, Zakai J. Olsen and Kwang J. Kim
Simulation on Gas-Molten Salt Heat Transfer in Bubble Column for Solar Thermal Storage, Wenhao Pu, Ning Yang, Chen Yue, Dong Han, Weifeng He, and Yitung Chen
Experimental Study on the Resistance Characteristics of the Rod Bundle Channel with Spacer Grid Under Low-Frequency Pulsating Flows, Peiyao Qi, Xing Li, Xin Li, Shouxu Qiao, Sichao Tan, and Yi-Tung Chen
Experimental Investigation of the Turbulent Flow in a Rod Bundle Channel with Spacer Grids, Peiyao Qi, Xing Li, Shouxu Qiao, Sichao Tan, Sijia Du, and Yi-Tung Chen
The Effect of Length on the Insertion Loss of Fiberglass-Lined Sheet Metal Ducts--Part I: Rectangular Ducts, Douglas Reynolds and Michael Schwob
Collectively Exhaustive Electrodes Based on Covalent Organic Framework and Antagonistic Co-Doping for Electroactive Ionic Artificial Muscles, Sandipan Roy, Jaehwan Kim, Moumita Kotal, Rassoul Tabassian, Kwang J. Kim, and II-Kwon Oh
A World's Dilemma 'Upon Which the Sun Never Sets': The Nuclear Waste Management Strategy: Russia Part 2, Mark Callis Sanders and Charlotta E. Sanders
Shock Propagation Through a Bolted Joint Structure Under Impact Loading, Deepak S. Somasundaram, Pouya Shojaeishahmirzadi, Mohamed B. Trabia, and Brendan J. O'Toole
Introduction for the Special Issue on Beyond the Hypes of Geospatial Big Data: Theories, Methods, Analytics, and Applications, Qianxing Wang, Allison Kealy, and Shengjie Zhai
Flow Structure of the Entrance of a T-junction Duct without/with a Circular Cylinder, Xiaoyu Wang, Jing He, Bo Su, Hanbing Ke, Mei Lin, and Yitung Chen
Modeling Turbulent Compressible Flow with Thermal Effects using an hp-Finitie-Element Technique, Xiuling Wang, David B. Carrington, and Darrell W. Pepper
An Improved Mass Consistent Model for Three-Dimensional Wind Field Construction, Xiuling Wang, Yaniel Liu, Bin Chen, and Darrell Pepper
Assessment of Different Turbulence Models on the Large Scale Internal Heated Water Pool Natural Convection Simulation, Hongyang Wei and Yi-Tung Chen
Numerical Investigation of a Burning Fuel Droplet Pair with Different Spacings and Sizes, Longbin Yang, Yazhou Shao, Yitung Chen, Yanjun Li, Fuyuan Song, Yingming Hu, Guolei Zhang, Xiaobin Zhang, and Runzhang Xu
Silica-Coated Metallic Nanoparticle-Based Hierarchical Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces Fabricated by Spin-Coating and Inverse Nanotransfer Printing, Shengjie Zhai and Hui Zhao
High-Efficiency Omnidirectional Broadband Light-Management Coating Using the Hierarchical Ordered-Disordered Nanostructures with Ultra-Mechanochemical Resistance, Shengjie Zhai, Yihong Zhao, and Hui Zhao
Non-Uniform Thermal-Hydraulic Behavior in a 61-Rod Bundle of Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactor, Zhirui Zhao, Yitung Chen, Baozhi Sun, Jianxin Shi, Xiang Yu, and Wanze Wu
Submissions from 2018
On the Impact of Electrostatic Correlations on the Double-Layer Polarization of a Spherical Particle in an Alternating Current Field, Elaheh Alidoosti and Hui Zhao
Flexible N-type Thermoelectric Composite Films with Enhanced Performance through Interface Engineering and Post-treatment, Hyeunhwan An, Dale Karas, Byung-Wook Kim, Sarah Trabia, and Jaeyun Moon
In-situ Synthesis of Flexible Hybrid Composite Films for Improved Thermoelectric Performance, Hyeunhwan An, Matthew Pusko, Dongwon Chun, Sanghyun Park, and Jaeyun Moon
Simulation of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Inside the Cathode Catalyst Layer (CCL) of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Using the Kinetic Monte Carlo Method, Baosheng Bai and Yi-Tung Chen
First Observation of P-odd gamma Asymmetry in Polarized Neutron Capture on Hydrogen, D. Blyth, J. Fry, N. Fomin, R. Alarcon, L. Alonzi, E. Askanazi, S. Baeßler, S. Balascuta, L. Barrón-Palos, Alex Barzilov, J. D. Bowman, N. Birge, J. R. Calarco, T. E. Chupp, V. Cianciolo, C. E. Coppola, C. B. Crawford, K. Craycraft, D. Evans, C. Fieseler, E. Frlež, I. Garishvili, M. T. W. Gericke, R. C. Gillis, K. B. Grammer, G. L. Greene, J. Hall, J. Hamblen, C. Hayes, E. B. Iverson, and M. L. Kabir
Formation of a Gold Nanoparticle Layer for the Electrodes of Ionic Polymer–metal Composites by Electroless Deposition Process, Jong Min Byun, Taeseon Hwang, and Kwang Jin Kim
Conceptual Design and Coupled Neutronic/thermal-hydraulic/mechanical Research of the Supercritical Water Cooled Ceramic Blanket for CFETR, Jie Cheng, Yingwei Wu, Shijie Cui, G. H. Su, and Yitung Chen
A Posture Balance Controller for a Humanoid Robot using State and Disturbance-Observer-Based State Feedback, Baek-Kyu Cho, DongHyun Ahn, YoungBum Jun, and Paul Oh
Numerical Study on a Novel Hyperbolic Inlet Header in Straight-channel Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger, Wen-xiao Chu, Katerine Bennett, Jie Cheng, Yi-tung Chen, and Qiu-wang Wang
A review of supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle using in renewable energy applications, Wenxiao Chu, Katrine Bennett, Jie Cheng, and Yi-Tung Chen
On-Board Radiation Sensor and Low-Altitude Contour Mapping of Radiation Fields using UAS Swarm, Zachary Cook, Monia Kazemeini, Alexander P. Barzilov, and Woosoon Yim
Development of a New Empirical Correlation for Steam Condensation Rates in the Presence of Air Outside Vertical Smooth Tube, Guangming Fan, Pan Tong, Zhongning Sun, and Yi-Tung Chen
Experimental Study of Pure Steam and Steam-air Condensation over a Vertical Corrugated Tube, Guangming Fan, Pan Tong, Zhongning Sun, and Yi-Tung Chen
Challenges in the Fabrication of Ceramic Technetium Waste Forms, Thomas Hartmann and Annita Martinelli-Becker
Mechanoelectric Transduction of Ionic Polymer-graphene Composite Sensor with Ionic Liquid as Electrolyte, Qingsong He, David Vokoun, Tyler Stalbaum, Kwang J. Kim, Alexander I. Fedorchenko, Xiangman Zhou, Min Yu, and Zhendong Dai
Preface: Heat Transfer Advances for Energy Conservation and Pollution Control, Tzu-Chen Hung, Qiu-Wang Wang, Yi-Tung Chen, and Zhixiong Guo
Cathodic Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD) of Phenylenediamine-modified Graphene Oxide (GO) for Anti-corrosion Protection of Metal Surfaces, Min-Ju Hwang, Myeong-Gi Kim, Sanghoon Kim, Ye Chan Kim, Hee Won Seo, Jung Keun Cho, In-Kyung Park, Jonghwan Suhr, Hyungpil Moon, Ja Choon Koo, Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Kwang Jin Kim, Yongsug Tak, and Jae-Do Nam
Thermal Modeling of a Rooftop Photovoltaic/Thermal System With Earth Air Heat Exchanger for Combined Power and Space Heating, Sanjeev Jakhar, Manoj S. Soni, and Robert F. Boehm
Mechanical Properties and Cytotoxicity of PLA/PCL Films, Heeseok Jeong, Jeongwon Rho, Ji-Yeon Shin, Deuk Yong Lee, Taeseon Hwang, and Kwang J. Kim
Copper-oxide spinel absorber coatings for high-temperature concentrated solar power systems, Dale E. Karas, Jongmin Byun, Jaeyun Moon, and Cilla Jose
Plug-and-play Radiation Sensor Components for Unmanned Aerial System Platform, Monia Kazemeini, Zachary Cook, Joon Lee, Alexander Barzilov, and Woosoon Yim
Towards Micro-Plate Delivery Using a Re-sized Lab Automation Drone in High Throughput Systems, Dongbin Kim and Paul Y. Oh
Mechanical Properties and Flame Retardancy of Surface Modified Magnesium Oxysulfate (5Mg(OH)2·Mgso4·3H2O) Whisker for Polypropylene Composites, Eui-Su Kim, Ye Chan Kim, Jungwoo Park, Youngjun Kim, Sung-Hoon Kim, Kwang Jin Kim, Jonghwan Suhr, Youngkwan Lee, Seong Hoon Lee, Dae-Sik Kim, Soo-Hyun Kim, Ju-Ho Yun, In-Kyung Park, and Jae-Do Nam
Computational Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Rocket Fuel and Prospective Coating Materials, Valerie J. Lawdensky and William Culbreth
Design and Control of a Fully-Actuated Hexrotor for Aerial Manipulation Applications, Jameson Y. S. Lee, Kam K. Leang, and Woosoon Yim
Probability Density Function of Velocity Fluctuations in a Rectangular T-junction Duct, Mei Lin, Bo Su, Shi-Cong Li, Yan-Tao Yin, Qiu-Wang Wang, and Yi-Tung Chen
Study of the upper airway of obstructive sleep apnea patient using fluid structure interaction, Yang Liu, Jennifer Mitchell, Yi-Tung Chen, Woosoon Yim, Wenxiao Chu, and Robert Wang
Activated Carbon Impregnated by Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles (AC/nZVI) Optimized for Simultaneous Adsorption and Reduction of Aqueous Hexavalent Chromium: Material Characterizations and Kinetic Studies, Soroosh Mortazavian, Hyeunhwan An, Dongwon Chun, and Jaeyun Moon
Synthesis, Characterization, and Kinetic Study of Activated Carbon Modified by Polysulfide Rubber Coating for Aqueous Hexavalent Chromium Removal, Soroosh Mortazavian, Ali Saber, Jaeyoung Hong, Jee-Hwan Bae, Dongwon Chun, Nicolas Wong, Daniel Gerrity, Jacimaria Batista, Kwang J. Kim, and Jaeyun Moon
Baseline Models for Three Types of CIGS Cells: Effects of Buffer Layer and Na Content, Marco Nardone, Yasas Patikirige, Curtis Walkons, Shubhra Bansal, Theresa M. Friedlmeier, Kyoung E. Kweon, Joel B. Varley, and Vincenzo Lordi
Computational Analysis of Blast Loaded Composite Cylinders, Stacy M. Nelson and Brendan J. O'Toole
IPMC Embedded in a Pneumatic Soft Robotic Actuator: Preliminary Experiments in Actuation and SensingBehaviors, J. Neubauer, Tiberio Stalbaum, and Kwang J. Kim
Electroactive Artificial Muscles Based on Functionally Antagonistic Core–Shell Polymer Electrolyte Derived from PS-b-PSS Block Copolymer, Van Hiep Nguyen, Jaehwan Kim, Rassoul Tabassian, Moumita Kotal, Kiwoo Jun, Jung-Hwan Oh, Ji-Myeong Son, Muhammad Taha Manzoor, Kwang Jin Kim, and Il-Kwon Oh
On Humanoid Co-Robot Locomotion when Mechanically Coupled to a Human Partner, Keitaro Nishimura, Magdalena Bugajska, Jean Vaz, Paul Y. Oh, Donald Sofge, and Daniel M. Lofaro
A Reduced Dimensional Mapping Approach for Modeling IPMCs with Computational Efficiency and Rapid Design Development Applications, Zakai J. Olsen and Kwang J. Kim
A Localized Meshless Technique for Generating 3-D Wind Fields, Darrell W. Pepper and Maria Ramos Gonzalez
Modelling of the Combined Microstructural and Cutting Edge Effects in Ultraprecision Machining, M. A. Rahman, K. S. Woon, Vellore Venkatesh, and M. Rahman
Nanoplatelet Reinforcement of Cavity Cell Walls in Polymer Foams Using Carbon Dioxide Supercritical Fluid, Hee Won Seo, Young Jun Kim, Sanghoon Kim, Jungwoo Park, Kisuk Choi, In-Kyung Park, Taesung Kim, Jonghwan Suhr, Kwang Jin Kim, and Jae-Do Nam
A Robotic Multiple-shape-memory Ionic Polymer–metal Composite (IPMC) Actuator: Modeling Approach, Qi Shen, Tyler Stalbaum, Nazanin Minaian, Il-Kwon Oh, and Kwang J. Kim
Influences of Dryout Parameters on Dryout and Post-dryout Heat Transfer, Jianxin Shi, Baozhi Sun, Yitung Chen, Xiang Yu, and Yanjun Li
Self-standing and Shape-memorable UV-curing Epoxy Polymers for Three Dimensional (3D) Continuous-filament Printing, Hanna Sun, Youn Sang Kim, Ye Chan Kim, In Kyung Park, Jonghwan Suhr, Doyoung Byun, Hyoukryeol Choi, Keon Kuk, Oh Hyun Baek, Y. K. Jung, Hyoungjin Choi, Kwang Jin Kim, and Jaedo Nam
Understanding the Thermal Properties of Precursor-Ionomers to Optimize Fabrication Processes for Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMCs), Sarah Trabia, Kisuk Choi, Zakai Olsen, Taeseon Hwang, Jae-Do Nam, and Kwang J. Kim
Transformer-DARwIn: A Hybrid Locomotion Humanoid Designed to Walk or Roll, Jean Chagas Vaz and Paul Y. Oh